When the pale golden glow faded from his eyes, Gawain found himself behind the mountain overlooking Argondol, and the large golden frescoes and ornate columns of the upper sanctuary stood before him.

The corridor leading to the temple hall stretched out in front of him, and the temple guards on either side of the corridor stood as silent as statues, and the high-ranking dragon priest Hragore stood beside him, powerful magical fluctuations gradually subsiding beside him.

"Was that some kind of spatial teleportation just now?" Gawain looked at the High Priest with some surprise, "You have mastered the technology of distorting time and space?" ”

"That's the realm of God, and I'm just clumsily imitating it." Hagere said softly.

"It seems that the priests of the dragon clan also borrowed their power from the gods," Gao Wen nodded thoughtfully, and then looked at the wide corridor ahead, "Just go over there?" ”

"Yes, please come with me," Hragore said as he stepped forward with Gawain, but this time he only led Gawain to the end of the hallway, and then stopped at the entrance of the hall, "and then I will not be able to accompany him." ”

Gawain raised his eyebrows in surprise, "Don't you need to stand next to your god?" ”

"This was a 'one-man' meeting," said Hragore scrutinically, "Your Majesty Gawain Cecil. ”

That seems to be a bit interesting......

Gawain suddenly felt a strange feeling and a little speculation in his heart, and then without saying anything, he stepped past Hragor, who was guarding the doorway, and stepped generously over the grand gate that was open, covered with huge reliefs and golden inscriptions more than ten meters high, and was cast from an unknown material.

A soft and comfortable glow shone on the holy hall, which was still as empty as it had been on the last visit, with scarcely any furnishings to be seen except for a circle of columns and the crystal drapery that hung from the tops of the columns, and in the center of the hall the Holy See of the gods had long since been folded away and replaced by a silver-white round table.

Refreshments were placed on the round table, and two chairs stood beside the round table, and Ryujin Enya was standing in front of one of them, looking in the direction of the gate with a gentle expression on her face.

Gawain came to the round table, and he first checked his surroundings, and found that there was really only himself and Enya in this huge hall—this so-called one-on-one meeting was completely literal, and not even a squire, a guard, could not be seen.

Unexpectedly, he couldn't help but laugh and joke: "Isn't it a bit too wasteful to use such a wide place to talk to two 'people'?" ”

Ryujin smiled faintly, "If you're not feeling well, I can make this place look something else—even a room you're familiar with." ”

"Not necessarily," Gawain waved his hand, "it would be better to be more spacious, we could talk openly." ”

The dragon god didn't care about his strange "pun intended" way of speaking, he just nodded, and then looked into Gawain's eyes: "So, since this is the first time I have a private conversation, maybe I should introduce myself again." ”

As he spoke, he reached out to Gawain and said in a low, soft voice, "Enya, protector of Tallrond, god of the dragons. ”

Gawain looked at the hand stretched out in front of him, but did not respond immediately, the voice of the dragon god Enya floated into his ears, making his eyes widen slightly, but in addition to being a little surprised and stunned, he felt more "Sure enough".

"Gods"!

Of the countless speculations and speculations he has made about Talrond since crossing the Eternal Storm, one has finally been confirmed.

The dragon god still maintained the posture of stretching out a hand, and did not look impatient at all, only after seeing Gawain fall into thought, he said casually: "It's not a good habit to make a lady wait too long. ”

Gawain woke up from a slightly distracted state, he hesitated, but still held the other party's soft and warm fingers slightly, and quickly let go after a polite handshake - and in the process, he did not see the illusion of the "deranged dragon" again, it seemed that the dragon god had some kind of deliberate control this time.

"Are gods really gendered?" After withdrawing his hand, he glanced at the dragon god again and asked curiously, "Even if the gods are gendered, are the 'gods' gendered?" ”

"In the early religions of most civilizations, the role of 'protector' corresponded to the image of motherhood," the dragon god said lightly, "Of course, it is not absolute—but at least for me, the role of 'mother' is a little more satisfying to me." ”

Gawain sat down in his chair, and a large oak cup was automatically filled in front of him, the liquid of which swayed gently, reflecting the golden dome of the temple hall and the small half of Gawain's face.

He looked at the god in front of him: "So, your 'mother' is actually a fusion of many gods?" What I saw...... Something, it's some kind of ......"

He was suddenly a little stuck, because he really couldn't find the gentle and euphemistic words to describe what was in his mind at the moment, and the god in front of him seemed to see this, and he smiled a little, and said casually in a tone of complete nonchalance: "Don't care, just say whatever comes to mind." Since today is a 'one-on-one conversation', we can talk a little deeper. Whatever you want to ask or what you want to say, you can say it. ”

This is already explicit, Gawain instantly understood the attitude of the dragon god in today's conversation, although it is not clear what the other party thinks, but he has been relieved a lot: "Then I will make it clear - I saw a strange thing floating in the sky above Talrond that seemed to be a stitched corpse, you once admitted that it was you, and now you claim to be the 'gods' of the dragon clan, so I can boldly speculate: the dragon clan used to be the same as us humans, and believed in many gods who held different priesthoods, just because' For some reason, the gods all became part of the 'stitched corpse' and became the so-called 'dragon gods'. Is that so? ”

"The perfect speculation is almost the whole truth," the dragon god said lightly, "and there is only one detail missing—what you call 'some reason'." You already have an idea about this 'one or another', don't you? ”

Gawain immediately frowned imperceptibly, vaguely he understood something, and after a moment's hesitation, he decided to speak: "Yes, I have an idea, and it comes from something I saw through the Eternal Storm - let me make it clear, I saw a battlefield in the center of the Eternal Storm, a battlefield of dragons and 'gods'. Even though I didn't know the big attackers, my gut told me that those things were the gods of the dragons. Strangely enough, I was the only one who remembered these things after the storm, not Amber, Veronica, or Melita......"

"It's out of kindness," Ryujin said, "seeing those things is not good for the mental health of mortals, and the purpose of cleansing memories and erasing traces is to cleanse them of their mental pollution." ”

Gawain's hand rested on the oak cup, and his gaze fell on the dragon god: "So...... It was you who did it. ”

The dragon god nodded calmly: "It is indeed me." ”

"Then why didn't you 'process' my memories by the way?" Gawain asked curiously, "Or do you mean to keep my memory just to talk to me about these things today?" ”

“…… I've tried, but I've failed," Ryujin seemed to hesitate for a moment, and then said an answer that surprised Gawain, "I've tried six times, in fact. ”

Gawain: "? ”

"It seems that you don't even feel that a god has tried to cleanse your memories," Ryujin Enya said unhurriedly, "In fact, I knew this was the result when I realized that I was dealing with a vast, endless sea of memories that was rapidly repairing itself and reorganizing itself protectively every second. ”

Gawain's expression gradually became serious: "What else have you discovered?" ”

"Rest assured, I'm not snooping into your memories—I don't have the authority to do so, and even if I did, I doubt I'll be able to see anything useful from your memories, and if I'll be able to keep myself safe in the process," Ryujin laughed, "after all...... You are bound to the Setter, and no god wants to collide with the Setter's legacy. ”

Gawain's hand holding the oak cup shook very slightly—he knew that the slightest tremor could not hide the eyes of the "god" on the other side.

"What else do you know?" He looked up at the other man.

"Not long after your 'resurrection', I noticed the changes that had taken place in the human world," the dragon god just smiled flatly, his expression never seemed to change much, "You have brought a lot of things to this world, and a considerable part of them are beyond the stage of development of mortal society at that time, and beyond the knowledge and experience that a true 'Gawain Cecil' might have. Even though you've always been serious about making yourself like a normal human, it seems to me...... Not like it enough.

"I have a lot of clues, but I don't need to tell you every clue, here, I just want to send my greetings to the 'real you' as the dragon gods - the dragon gods say hello to you, Wanderer."

"Extraterritorial Wanderer......" Gawain couldn't help but laugh, "Actually, it was originally just a ...... to scare those dark cultists"

"But it's not entirely made up," the dragon god looked at Gawain with a smirk, "and it's very appropriate to describe a 'foreign soul' who came from nowhere, came for some reason, and didn't know what purpose, isn't it?" ”

“…… It seems that the connection between the dragons and the Voyager is deeper than I thought. ”

The dragon god didn't respond to this, he just looked Gawain up and down with some kind of scrutiny, and asked curiously, "Actually, there is one thing that I care about - even if you have some connection to the legacy of the Voyager, you are still using only a human body, which is very fragile, and I have no offense to offend - but I can crush the shell you are using now with one finger, but you still accepted my invitation to put down the vast empire you just built, and came to Tallund with only two 'guards' who were better than nothing... … Are you really not worried that the dragons have malicious intentions, or that my 'god' has malicious intentions? ”

Gawain took a sip of the oak cup, then raised an eyebrow: "You were the one who offered to invite you in the first place, and you invited you twice." ”

"It's one thing to invite, it's another thing to go to an appointment," the dragon god obviously didn't want to hear a perfunctory answer, "From a common sense point of view, your current status in the mortal world determines that you shouldn't act so rashly, from a cautious point of view, whether it is Tarlund or 'Dragon God', it is an unknown camp for humans, if you consider your existing knowledge of the gods, you should have a certain natural hostility towards me, so I am even more curious...... In such a vigilant situation, what kind of confidence do you have to come to Tallund for an appointment like this? ”

The gaze of this "Gods of Tallond" fell on Gawain, and those pale golden eyes seemed to have unimaginable power brewing, and in the interval of breathing, Gawain could even feel that the entire upper temple was trembling slightly.

He had no doubt that this "god" did have the power to kill him in an instant - he had survived in this world for too long, the dragons had developed in this world for too long, and the god of Tarlund had already been so powerful that it was unbelievably strong, and he was so powerful that any mortal force could not resist.

Except for the "Voyager".

"Do you have a reason to do it?" Gawain asked calmly in the face of Enya's coercion.

"Yes - just because you have some connection to the legacy of the Voyager, you are already a natural danger to the 'gods', and you are now in a very easy state to kill, and a considerable number of gods will choose to eliminate the threat in this situation."

"Then I'll give you a reason to do it," Gawain put down his oak glass and leaned back in his ornate golden chair relaxedly, his eyes drifting upwards, as if looking at the starry sky of the North Pole through the dome of the hall, "but you must know that the legacy of the Voyagers is all over space, and the orbits of some of the in-orbit facilities will pass the North Pole, and at any given moment, there will be at least three gravitationally anchored satellites and a large gravitationally anchored space station watching Tallund...... More non-anchored facilities will pass through the skies near Tallund within twelve hours. ”

“…… So, that's what you call your 'hole cards'? The dragon god frowned, then shook his head slightly disappointed, "I had higher expectations—do you think I don't know?" The facilities you mentioned were depleted many years ago, and apart from the sky, the Voyager was left with hundreds of cold tombstones in space, and your hole cards were those 'tombstones' that had no offensive capabilities? ”

"They really don't have offensive capabilities, the main energy sources are all offline, the self-repair function has collapsed, and now they are just relying on backup energy to maintain orbit," Gawain said with a calm face, "No matter how many satellites and space stations float over Talrond, there is really no way to fire even once at the ground......

He paused slightly, the corners of his mouth curled, "But what if they fall?" ”

The dragon god's eyes finally became serious.

"There's a directive that even if the energy of those facilities is on the verge of depletion, it can still be used, because it is done by relying on backup energy," Gawain picked up the oak glass again, and saw that the drink in the cup had been filled again, he smiled with a smile of satisfaction, and said happily, "'Scrap the protocol' to allow the space facilities that have been put into service safely - before I set off, I have set Tallund as a target for the fall of twelve satellites and three space stations, and when the agreement takes effect, the legacy of the voyager will fall from the sky- I would like to ask, can the Great Shield of Tallrond stop them? ”

“…… Even if a meteorite falls, the Great Shield will be unharmed, but if it is the legacy of the Voyager who descended from the sky...... The shield is indeed unstoppable," the dragon god seemed to hold his breath for a few seconds before he spoke to break the silence, "some of the dangerous devices and remnants of weapons on those satellites and space stations will explode, the harmful materials will pollute the entire ecosystem, and countless dragons will die, and I will not hesitate to protect them - and be seriously injured or even fall as a result." ”

He exhaled a long breath and looked at Gawain with a solemn gaze, "Okay, I'll admit it's a good card. But are you really sure that you can issue an abandoned agreement in time? Maybe...... I can destroy you before you can react and give you orders, or I can interfere with your mind so that you can't give instructions accurately - I can do it so fast that the nerve reflexes of your mortal body can't keep up, have you ever thought about it? ”

Gawain raised his eyebrows.

He put down the oak cup in his hand (it does take a bit of willpower), then pulled the mechanical watch from his bosom and glanced at the time on it.

"You've made a mistake," he said, "and I don't need to give an order to scrap the protocol—I already do."

"After crossing the Eternal Storm and before setting foot on the continent of Talrond, I ordered the process of deprecating all the space facilities on the list to be initiated, and twelve satellites and three large space stations were already in operation - except that I gave them a twelve hour countdown to final confirmation.

"And what I'm doing these days is postponing them every twelve hours."

(End of chapter)